Upcoming cases - Supreme Court
As at 2 March 2021
Sittings of the Supreme Court are open to the public.
Upcoming fixtures are set out below:
Fixtures list March 2021 (PDF, 335 KB)
MARCH 2021 | APRIL 2021 | JUNE 2021 |
12 March 2021
| Case number | SC 104/2020 |
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Case name
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H (SC 104/2020) Civil Oral Leave Hearing |
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Judges |
Winkelmann CJ; Glazebrook, Williams JJ |
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Related judgments
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Court of Appeal decision not publicly available H v THE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION [Redacted] [2019] NZHC 2870 [5 November 2019] |
23 March 2021
| Case number | SC 40/2020 |
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Case name
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William Allan Berkland AND SC 64/200 Brownie James Harding Te Hunga Rōia Māori O Aotearoa – The Maori Law Society as Intervener Criminal Appeals |
| Judges | Winkelmann CJ, William Young, Glazebrook, Ellen France and Williams JJ |
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Grounds on which leave was granted
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SC 40/2020 - The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal’s decision was correct. SC 64/2020 – The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to dismiss the appeal against sentence. |
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Related judgments
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WILLIAM ALLAN BERKLAND v R [2020] NZSC 125 [17 November 2020] BROWNIE JOSEPH HARDING v R [2020] NZSC 127 [17 November 2020] BERKLAND v R [2020] NZCA 150 [8 May 2020] HARDING v R [2020] NZCA 217 [5 June 2020] |
25 March 2021
| Case number | SC 49/2019 |
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Case name
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Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis R A Harrison, S J Gray and B L Irvine v The Queen J R Billington QC and A D H Colley Oral Hearing |
| Judges |
Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O’Regan, Williams and Arnold JJ |
| Grounds on which leave was granted |
The approved ground of appeal is whether a miscarriage of justice occurred in this case |
| Supreme Court leave application decision | |
| Supreme Court continuance decision | PETER HUGH MCGREGOR ELLIS v R [2020] NZSC 89 [1 September 2020] |
13 April 2021
| Case number |
SC 82/2020 |
| Case name | M v Attorney General (in respect of the Ministry of Health), Waitemata District Health Board and Capital and Coast District Health Board |
| Judges |
tbc |
8-10 June 2021
| Case number |
SC 81/2020 |
| Case name | Frucor Suntory New Zealand Limited v Commissioner of Inland Revenue |
| Judges |
tbc |
| Case number |
SC 92/2020 |
| Case name | Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Frucor Suntory New Zealand Limited |
| Judges |
tbc |